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The Top 100 Ski Resort Instagram Posts of the 2014/15 Season

GREGG
BLANCHARD

It’s that time of year again for the annual “top posts of the season” lists. We’ll finish with Instagram this week.

Photos included are from November 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 by North American ski resort Instagram accounts that had at least 500 followers when the post was published. Default order is like rate (likes/followers at time of posting). Use the links below to toggle between different ranking types.

5) Dagmar (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)
"DAGMAR WILL BE OPEN SATURDAY AT 10am! Official! $26.55+hst= $30 day pass, $22.12+hst=$25 after 4pm! Keep checking back for more details. We can tell you that we already have enough snow for the best opening day Terrain Park ever! There will be close to 30 features!"Likes: 432 - (31.06%)Comments: 167 - (12.01%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

13) Northstar California (Thursday, February 5, 2015)
"Waiting for the storm to come in, we had some fun today with the new software update on the @gopro Hero 4. Check out the 240fps video on Facebook. #gopro #stormsacomin"Likes: 5,354 - (26.49%)Comments: 44 - (0.22%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

14) Dagmar (Friday, November 14, 2014)
"SNOW is starting to really pile up now! The forecast looks great for a very early season this year!"Likes: 302 - (26.40%)Comments: 55 - (4.81%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

15) Whitetail (Tuesday, November 25, 2014)
"Finally the big day is announced! #whitetailresort will be open Friday November 28th for Black Friday. Be here early for first chair at 8:30am. #winter #starts #now"Likes: 225 - (26.35%)Comments: 49 - (5.74%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

16) Dagmar (Thursday, November 20, 2014)
"The only terrain park open this weekend is going to be unreal! We're shooting for upwards of 40 features!"Likes: 391 - (26.05%)Comments: 49 - (3.26%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

18) Dagmar (Saturday, November 15, 2014)
"Another great night of SNOWmaking at Dagmar! So pumped on our massive head start! These will be set up soon! RAILS FOR DAYS"Likes: 317 - (25.88%)Comments: 28 - (2.29%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

41) 49 Degrees North (Monday, December 22, 2014)
"A truly beautiful day to open up the season on Chewelah Peak. We will be open 7 days per week through the holidays, so you'll have a lot of opportunity to take advantage. #getoutandski #timetoride #ski #snowboard #49N"Likes: 130 - (22.97%)Comments: 3 - (0.53%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

45) 49 Degrees North (Friday, January 2, 2015)
"Sometimes it's the chilly days that are the most beautiful. What a day up on Chewelah Peak. #49n"Likes: 144 - (22.68%)Comments: 3 - (0.47%)Filter: Lo-fiView picture on Instagram »

53) Holimont (Saturday, November 15, 2014)
"@mradamx took a hike to the top today and sent us this pic. Looks great up there! #onedaycloser #snow #ski #snowboard"Likes: 212 - (22.22%)Comments: 6 - (0.63%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

61) 49 Degrees North (Wednesday, January 14, 2015)
"Some really unique visuals on the mountain today as we were setting up a bunch of new park features on Silver Ridge. I love how the run just flows right into the clouds like an endless field of snow. #terrainpark #new #rails #jibs #boxes #tubes #playthings #snow #ski #snowboard #49N"Likes: 146 - (21.76%)Comments: 10 - (1.49%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

76) Dagmar (Thursday, December 4, 2014)
"It doesn't matter when you sleep, you can rest assured that there are crews working around the clock right now for your fun at Dagmar!"Likes: 391 - (21.22%)Comments: 19 - (1.03%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

77) Dagmar (Sunday, November 23, 2014)
"The snow in your yard might have melted but at Dagmar it's all about the base! We would not have pushed out our piles to open this weekend if we didn't have enough to weather the weather! Open today until 6!"Likes: 346 - (21.14%)Comments: 15 - (0.92%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

80) Dagmar (Tuesday, December 2, 2014)
"Big Park Changes! A whole lot of SNOW being made and a bunch of features being pulled! Stay tuned for version 2.0 of The Compound already this year! Who likes it fresh?"Likes: 380 - (21.09%)Comments: 22 - (1.22%)Filter: HudsonView picture on Instagram »

88) Wildcat (Sunday, November 9, 2014)
"First to open in #NH, top-to-bottom Lynx, most vertical terrain open in New England (or U.S.?), and it was free. That was a rad opening day and a huge thank you (hugs) to our snowmakers and crew that made it happen. We're going to put things on hold and look to reopen this Friday conditions permitting as cold temps move back in later this week. Stay tuned to snow report page at skiwildcat.com for details later this week. And see many of you at Boston Ski Show this week too! #ski #winterishere #WildcatMountain #rightmeow"Likes: 334 - (20.89%)Comments: 16 - (1.00%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

98) Dagmar (Saturday, November 29, 2014)
""The Rave" So many ways ti hit this new feature built in house at Dagmar! Open today till 930pm! Only $35 tax in and you get a bonus $10 Dag Dollar coupon good for your next time out!"Likes: 364 - (20.55%)Comments: 33 - (1.86%)Filter: NormalView picture on Instagram »

Thanks for putting this together, Gregg. It’s great to see the different kind of photographs that work for different ski areas throughout the country. My immediate takeaway is that for small areas the best traction this past season tended to come from snowmaking, 1st snowfall, opening day kind of photos. And if you’ve got a large following…get a cute puppy!

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